1888–89 Welsh Cup

Football tournament season

1888–89 Football Association of Wales Challenge Cup
Tournament details
The Welsh Cup
Country	Wales
Final positions
Champions	Bangor
Runner-up	Northwich Victoria
← 1887–88 1889–90 →

The 1888–89 FAW Welsh Cup was the 12th edition of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales. The competition was won by Bangor.

First round

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Group one

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Holywell v Ruthin

Holywell 2 – 4 Ruthin

St Asaph v Bangor City

St Asaph 0 – 7 Bangor City

Mold v Porthmadoc

Mold 3 – 0 Porthmadoc Corwen

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Group two

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Builth v Chirk AAA

Builth 0 – 8 Chirk AAA Knighton

Oswestry v Newtown RWW

Oswestry 1 – 0 Newtown RWW

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Group three

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Llangollen Rovers v Alyn White Star

Llangollen Rovers 2 – 7^[1] Alyn White Star

Druids v Wrexham

Druids 2 – 2 Wrexham

Rhostyllen Victoria v Corwen

Rhostyllen Victoria 8 – 1 Corwen

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

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Wrexham v Druids

Wrexham 2 – 1 Druids Racecourse Ground
Wrexham

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Group four

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Nantwich v Crewe Alexandra

Nantwich w/o Crewe Alexandra

Over Wanderers v Northwich Victoria

Over Wanderers 1 – 2 Northwich Victoria

Chester St Oswalds v Crewe Athletic

Chester St Oswalds 5 – 1 Crewe Athletic

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Davenham receive a bye to the next round

Second round

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Ruthin v Mold

Ruthin 9 – 0¹ Mold

Chirk AAA v Oswestry

Chirk AAA w/o Oswestry

Wrexham v Alyn White Star

Wrexham 4 – 1² Alyn White Star

Rhostyllen Victoria v Vale of Llangollen

Rhostyllen Victoria 3 – 3 Vale of Llangollen

Davenham v Nantwich

Davenham 2 – 2 Nantwich

Northwich Victoria v Chester St Oswalds

Northwich Victoria 2 – 1 Chester St Oswalds

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Bangor receive a bye to the next round ¹ Match protested regarding poor light, re-play was organised
² Match protested regarding ineligible man, re-play was organised

Replay

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Ruthin v Mold

Ruthin 3 – 0 Mold St Asaph

Wrexham v Alyn White Star

Wrexham 3 – 0 Alyn White Star Racecourse Ground
Wrexham

Rhostyllen Victoria v Vale of Llangollen

Rhostyllen Victoria 2 – 1 Vale of Llangollen

Davenham v Nantwich

Davenham 2 – 3¹ Nantwich

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

¹ match abandoned after poor light

Second replay

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Davenham v Nantwich

Davenham 5 – 1 Nantwich

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Third round

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Ruthin v Bangor City

Ruthin 1 – 4 Bangor City

Wrexham v Rhostyllen Victoria

Wrexham 1 – 0¹ Rhostyllen Victoria

Davenham v Northwich Victoria

Davenham 0 – 0 Northwich Victoria

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Chirk AAA receive bye to next round
¹ match protested, re-play was organised

Replay

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Wrexham v Rhostyllen Victoria

Wrexham 4 – 0 Rhostyllen Victoria

Northwich Victoria v Davenham

Northwich Victoria 4 – 3 Davenham

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Semi-final

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Wrexham v Bangor City

Wrexham 2 – 3 Bangor City Faulkner Street
Chester

Hewitt
P leary^(o.g) D Lewis
P Leary 40'
W Lewis Attendance: 2,000

Chirk AAA v Northwich Victoria

Chirk AAA 1 – 1 Northwich Victoria Chester

Attendance: 3,000

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

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Northwich Victoria v Chirk AAA

Northwich Victoria 3 – 2 Chirk AAA Chester
Wrexham

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

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Final

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22 April 1889
15:30

Bangor	2 – 1	Northwich Victoria
E P Whitley-Hughes 75' R O Roberts	R Leather 76'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Mr Mitchell (Blackburn)

Bangor.^[2]

Northwich Victoria^[3]

References

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^ Game replayed after Alyn successfully appealed the award of a goal to Rovers; original game ended 5–4 to Rovers
^ The History of the Welsh Cup 1877-1993 by Ian Garland (1991) ISBN 1-872424-37-6
^ Northwich Victoria - Historical Football Kits

Welsh Football Data Archive

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